What specific legislation will you commit to to make child care affordable?

[comana]

For example my mother did work part-time with hours that did allow her to both be home when we got home and leave after we left. My point was really that it is best if one parent is always around to supervise the child if they wish to work part time for adult interaction and extra money then that is one thing, but leaving the kids unsupervised and/or trusting the kids to go where they are supposed to go with no supervistion to ensure they get where they are supposed to be has oftentimes proven to not work. Of course this is not the case with all kids.

That’s great for your parents that they didn’t need the income of two full time workers. What was more common 30-40 years ago just isn’t possible now.

 

[DaisyDay]

I look forward to this same question in the debate...and the answers.

I suspect Trump will attempt to evade answering it either by delecting or claiming that tariffs will somehow address child care needs. Or maybe he will declare the goverment will cover all child care just as he promised for IBF treatments?

I think you're giving Donald more cognitive credit than is warranted. Yeah, sure, he will evade answering the question asked but not necessarily on purpose but just because he'll forget what the point of the question is before he gets to the end of his second sentence.

 

[DaisyDay]

For example my mother did work part-time with hours that did allow her to both be home when we got home and leave after we left.

Same with my mom but she didn't really like it. She was unable to keep up with her career.

My point was really that it is best if one parent is always around to supervise the child if they wish to work part time for adult interaction and extra money then that is one thing, but leaving the kids unsupervised and/or trusting the kids to go where they are supposed to go with no supervistion to ensure they get where they are supposed to be has oftentimes proven to not work.

How much direct supervision is necessary changes over time if the kids develop normally. In the first few years, yes, babies and toddlers are vulnerable, but as they mature, constant supervision can be stultifying.

Of course this is not the case with all kids.

Independence is not a bad or scary thing.

Once the kids reach the point where they interact regularly with the outside world, the parents can ease off trying to control everything. This puts the stay-at-home parent in a bit of a pickle, especially in the absence of a prenupt. The first few years, the salaried spouse may rightfully feel that their entire income belongs to the family, but as time goes on and they advance in their career, many come to feel that the income is primarily theirs, and they can see that the stay-at-home spouse's workload lessens as the kids start school. The stat-at-home may resume their career but they will have lost out on years of development and networking. In a good marriage, this may not be a problem but statistically, an awful lot of marriages do not continue to be good (if they ever were).

 

[wing2000]

No, no. It's Grandma and Grandpa or Auntie Pauline. I guess they will pass legislation requiring relatives to watch people's kids or something?

Oh, I missed this nugget of wisdom by VP nominee JD Vance earlier this week:

"One of the ways that you might be able to relieve a little bit of pressure on people who are paying so much for daycare is, maybe grandma or grandpa wants to help out a little bit more, or maybe there's an aunt or uncle that wants to help out a little bit more," Vance told Kirk. "If that happens, you relieve some of the pressure on all the resources that we're spending on daycare."

The same article notes:
"... a report from Bank of America earlier this year found that the average US couple with two children spent more than 30% of their combined wages on childcare costs."

JD Vance's plan to lower childcare costs: have grandma and grandpa 'help a little bit more'

Trump's VP pick, JD Vance, said there should be more options for older family members to assist with childcare as many retirees face economic headwinds.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[iluvatar5150]

Yes, but that platform preamble states:

President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Democrats are running to finish the job.​

Maybe they just haven't done the find and replace on the words "Biden" and "Harris", but this platform very much speaks as though Biden is still running for office. Hence why I said the Democrats still don't have a current platform.

As was pointed out in the original thread, the platform was voted on before Biden dropped out. The DNC commented on that when they released it.

 

[probinson]

As was pointed out in the original thread, the platform was voted on before Biden dropped out. The DNC commented on that when they released it.

Isn't the platform voted on at the DNC? That was long after Biden was forced out.

Are they not planning on updating it so that at the very least, the candidate's name is correct?

As of this morning, another week has passed where the official link on the Democrat's website still references their 2020 platform.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Isn't the platform voted on at the DNC? That was long after Biden was forced out.

Are they not planning on updating it so that at the very least, the candidate's name is correct?

As of this morning, another week has passed where the official link on the Democrat's website still references their 2020 platform.

My understanding is that the specific contents of the platform were voted on/compiled/whatever earlier and that the vote during the DNC was, essentially, them ratifying the whole thing.

Platform approved by Democrats still mentions Biden's 'second term'

Delegates at the Democratic National Convention voted Monday night to approve their 2024 party platform, which lays out familiar priorities for the party but wasn't updated to reflect that President Joe Biden is no longer running for reelection.

www.pbs.org

I don't know what it takes to update the platform. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a lot of red tape to jump through that wasn't worth the effort.

I'm not going to defend the lack of updates on the web site. That's inexcusable.